Ubuntu
barrier package

Does not appear to work in Hirsuit Hippo

Bug #1922781 reported by Alan Bell on 2021-04-06

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	barrier (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

upgraded to Hirsuit Hippo, and also on a fresh install, Barrier in server mode or client mode doesn't appear to operate the mouse across screens, the log shows the screen switch - so the other computer is connecting, but the mouse cursor just disappears until you move it back.

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Alan Bell (alanbell) wrote on 2021-04-06:

it is a Wayland related issue. Works fine in an Ubuntu on Xorg session.

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Unit 193 (unit193) wrote on 2021-04-06:

Howdy,

Yeah when you say the problem is everything looks fine it's just not showing up, my first thought was "You're using wayland aren't you?" Barrier doesn't work on wayland, there's an upstream bug reported[0] on it which mentions another project[1] you may want to try if you use GNOME on Wayland.

[0]: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/109
[1]: https://github.com/htrefil/rkvm